Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his speech. My question is about the part of his speech concerning the “bad”, namely the luxury tax.
My colleague was right to say that the Minister of Finance is too busy doing the Prime Minister's job, given that she is Deputy Prime Minister. We get the impression that a lot of corners were cut in Bill C-19. The proof is that dozens and dozens of pages have been cut from this poorly drafted bill.
Does my colleague think the same thing should happen with the luxury tax, even though the principle may seem fair?
This 170 pages is all about taxing producers rather than consumers. It needs to be removed and reworked.